Dressed as a middle-aged mistress, I want to lie down every day

Mrs. Zhong recalled the past.

She never resented Li. She could make decisions for Li, suppress her son, and drive away her mother-in-law's niece, but she could not control her son's heart.

For the sake of her own children, she endured the difficulties posed by her mother-in-law and her husband, even though her husband was a good son, a good husband, a good father, and a university scholar in the eyes of others.

But in her heart, he is just a useless man.

But in the end, the son she had raised with great effort did something treacherous right under her nose.

She understood what her daughter-in-law said and couldn't bear it anymore.

She made it through, so what?

After her daughter-in-law died of illness, it was she who decided to let her son marry that cousin. For the sake of her cousin, the mother-in-law asked her son to observe filial piety for a year before getting married.

But she refused to do so. When her baby was eleven months old, she let her daughter-in-law come in.

Don't you want to be her daughter-in-law? Do you want to be the daughter-in-law of the Zhong family?

Well then, she would teach her daughter-in-law how to be a good daughter-in-law of the Zhong family, and not to think that she could sit firmly on the throne of the Zhong family by relying on her great-aunt.

After that, her son knelt in front of her several times without saying anything, but she knew that her son was begging her to let his daughter-in-law go.

Why should she let go?

Don’t they want to be together regardless of rules and etiquette and their elders?

Then fulfill them.

During the Chinese New Year and other holidays, she would not sit at the table as long as her daughter-in-law was around. After one or two times, her daughter-in-law would make excuses to pretend to be sick and would not sit at the table during the Chinese New Year and other holidays.

She took her daughter-in-law out to visit guests and scolded her in front of everyone. As long as she was alive, she would let her daughter-in-law know that she should not think that she would have a good life just by marrying into the Zhong family.

When her husband advised her, she responded by pointing out that he had told her to obey her mother-in-law. Isn't this what a daughter-in-law should do?

Outsiders say that she becomes more irrational and stubborn as she gets older, but that’s not true. She has always been stubborn.

In the past, in order to be a good daughter-in-law, a good wife, and a good mother, she suffered grievances and endured them. In the end, her mother-in-law said she was unfilial, her husband said she was not virtuous, and her son blamed her.

The daughter-in-law she married just left like that, not knowing whether she lived or died.

She also wanted to leave like her daughter-in-law, but she couldn't leave, so why should she endure it?

The man I saw that day looked so much like my son, and his eyes and eyebrows resembled Li.

Mrs. Zhong burst into tears.

It would be good if it was Li's child. At least she would know that she was still alive. Even if this man was her grandson, as long as he was living well, she would not recognize him.

What's the point of recognizing him? His son is not worthy of being the eldest son.

Mrs. Zhong had been sending people to look for Li, wanting her to be alive. She returned her dowry to the Li family, but she didn't give her own dowry to anyone and kept it for Li.

Although Wang Jingye said in front of the empress dowager that if he recognized him, then he recognized him and who was afraid of who, he still didn't want to cause trouble for his wife and brother-in-law.

He decided to take his wife, children and brother-in-law back to Guanzhong. Although building houses was his hobby, hobbies were nothing compared to such things.

The blueprints had been drawn up, and he had also brought Mo Xinzhi with him for some time. He had left some money for them to build according to the blueprints.

Wang Jingye told his wife that he was bored and wanted to go home. He would wait for Uncle Mo and the others to come back from the countryside and then leave.

Mrs. Wang understood her husband well. He would not be able to let go of the restaurant until it was completed. He would not be able to leave satisfied until he saw this perfect work completed.

If my husband wants to leave now, there must be something going on, and it must be something very important.

Mrs. Wang immediately thought of home and asked anxiously, "Did they send a letter? Did something happen to my little sister?"

Wang Jingye quickly said, "No, no, I swear to you, there is no letter from home."

Mrs. Wang breathed a sigh of relief first. What she was most worried about was her younger sister, so before leaving, she handed her younger sister over to her son, daughter, and brother's wife, Chengping's wife.

"Don't scare me. If there's anything, you can't hide it from me."

Wang Jingye said, "When have I ever hidden anything from you?"

Mrs. Wang glanced at him sideways. "Last time you ran away secretly and said you were going to sea. Were you hiding this from me?"

Wang Jingye chuckled and said, "I'm just making excuses. I've always wanted to go out to sea, but you wouldn't let me go. Now that I've finally made it to the south, I'm going to have some fun before heading back."

"Don't interrupt me. First, tell me what happened that made you so anxious to go back."

Wang Jingye said seriously, "Because of building the restaurant, many people are asking about me, especially since you beat up Third Master Qiu, and Third Master Qiu didn't retaliate. They are all thinking that I am a relative of the General's Mansion. I think it's better not to cause trouble for my cousin. My cousin doesn't want the Wang family to come to Beijing and be exploited and bribed by some people, so I'd better leave quickly."

Mrs. Wang believed what she said, and they had visited all the places they needed to visit in Beijing. Mrs. Mo said that she would send a few cooks to learn cooking skills from her so that she could eat Beijing food when she returned.

Mrs. Wang told her brother that she planned to go back after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Nie Chengping didn't care. He was worried about his elder sister coming with him.

Who knew that the next day, Mrs. Xue Si, Wang Huilan, came to visit.

Not only her, but also Wang Jingye's eldest daughter, thirteen-year-old Wang Yuzhen, and Mrs. Wang's younger sister Nie Lingxuan, who is also Nie Chengping's sister.

Mrs. Wang was so frightened that she almost let go of her daughter's arms.

Nie Lingxuan rushed over to her elder sister when she saw her. "Sister, where have you been? Xuanxuan can't find you anywhere."

Wang Huilan said, "Sister, after you left, my younger sister kept crying out for you. She refused to eat or drink and no matter how much I tried to coax her, she wouldn't stop. It just so happens that I'm going back to Beijing, so I'll bring her here."

Mrs. Wang burst into tears at that moment. She was both an elder sister and a mother to her younger sister. She told Mrs. Mo last time that she could not go out after getting married and having one child after another. In fact, she did not go out because she was worried about her younger sister.

This time when she went out, she thought that everyone at home was familiar and close to her younger sister, but her younger sister still relied on her like a mother.

Nie Lingxuan hugged her, leaning her shoulder against hers, tears welling up in her eyes, "Sister, don't you want me anymore? Be obedient, I won't eat anything else, please don't abandon me."

Mrs. Wang sniffed, hugged her and said, "I didn't abandon you. I came to look for your brother-in-law. He's been disobedient and running around outside. I'll find him and bring him home."

Nie Lingxuan pouted and said, "Brother-in-law is disobedient. Go back and beat him."

At this time, Nie Chengping rushed in. Nie Lingxuan rushed over to him happily when she saw him. "Brother, why are you here? My nephew said you went to study. I haven't seen you for a long time. I left some peach blossom cakes for you."

Nie Chengping patted his little sister's head and said, "Big brother has gone to study. Thank you, little sister. Big brother also left me my favorite mung bean cake."

Nie Lingxuan clapped her hands happily, "Great, great, I love mung bean cakes the most."

Nie Chengping took his sister's hand and went to the study.

Mrs. Wang wiped her tears and said to Wang Huilan with a smile, "Come in and talk. How did you know we lived here?"

Wang Huilan said, "On our way to the capital, we heard someone in the inn saying, like a storyteller, that Third Master Qiu had been beaten by Fourth Madam Xue from the General's Mansion. I knew it was you. After we got to the city, we found a vagrant, gave him some silver, and he found out everything. Then we went straight to the Mo family."

She looked around the room and said, "It's too small to live here. How did you endure it?"

Mrs. Wang said, "Although the house is small, the Mo family's food is delicious. You should try it after the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Wang Huilan smiled and said, "Senior sister never forgets to eat wherever she goes. I still remember the first time I met her, she ate a cake and it tasted so delicious."